Reiner Family Dynamics: FBI Expert Explains How Danger Becomes Normalized Over 20 Years

Reiner Family Dynamics: FBI Expert Explains How Danger Becomes Normalized Over 20 Years

Published: January 24, 2026

Duration: 15:08

Today on True Crime Today, we're examining what may be the most painful aspect of the Reiner case—how a family's ability to perceive danger can erode over time until the unthinkable feels normal. Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins us to break down the family dynamics that allegedly led Rob and Michele Reiner to go to sleep on December 13th, 2025, in the same house with their son Nick—hours after watching him behave erratically at a holiday party. 

Robin spent 21 years with the FBI, including serving as Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, and he sp...